Recognised as Colour

#E7D163

#E7D163
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7D163 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 209, 99 and HSL 50°, 73%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7D163#E7D163

HEX#E7D163

RGBrgb(231, 209, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8196, 0.3882

RGB percentages90.6%, 82%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(50, 73.3%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 57.1%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 57.1%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,192,419

CSS custom property--colour: #E7D163;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#182E9C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CC58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D468no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F7C4B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.7 Burlywood · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6379E7

Analogous#E78F63, #BBE763

Triadic#63E7D1, #D163E7

Split complementary#63BBE7, #8F63E7

Tetradic#63E78F, #6379E7, #E763BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF8E8

Lighter +20%#F5EBBB

Lighter +10%#EEDE8F

Darker −10%#E0C437

Darker −20%#C6AA1E

Darker −30%#998418

Darker −40%#6D5E11

More saturated +25%#FEE04C

Less saturated −25%#D1C279

Channel breakdown

R231

G209

B99

Red231 (90.6%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G D1 · B 63

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